need help with translating survey pls

[ceabrm]

we've spent 2 days trying to find the pins on our corners, only to find just the 2 on the left side. can someone help me decipher what i'm looking at on the survey? we've also been wracking our brains tying to figure out how to measure the 4th distance (between the 2 pegs at the back of the lot -- the 40' distance is at the street)

thanks!

[rick91351]

Pins very well might not be there is why you are not finding them....  Pins are not sacred objects.  U S Geological Survey Monuments now wow that's a whole different thing.   

When was the last recorded survey?  Also just because it is surveyed does not mean pins are there.  Some one can take them as fast as they are pounded in.  We have had one survey done.  No pins were even placed.  It was all done on paper using the last survey of the property and the same surveyor.  He knew the property and we needed two acres cut out.  Couple clicks of the mouse done.......  he printed, we even filed it at the recorders.     

[cbc58]

are there trees on the property?  generally an old time surveyor will take a hatchet and put 3 marks in a tree near a corner.  also one mark on a tree along a property line.  usually not exact but close to where the pins / line might be. 

i have also seen pins moved by disgruntled abutters so if there is any question about setbacks... might be worth double checking on a tight lot.

[jsahara24]

I assumed that the bottom right angle is 90*, b/c without that assumption there isn't enough information to complete the math.  Do you have a deed with metes and bounds?  Here is what i came up with, hope it helps.

Jason

[hpinson]

This is a different approach, but Google Earth has a very useful tool on the "Tools" menu called "Ruler".

If you can identify your land on the satellite photo, and identify one or more visible landmarks, you can use that tool to get ballpark measurements of boundaries, in a variety of measurement units, and point locations in Lat/ Long.  We were actually able to overlay our survey as a KML boundary file and come up with some super useful length and area measurements. Not survey accurate, but very useful. The Google Earth Pro version (pricey) lets you calculate area directly.